Loraine James – For You And I

London producer Loraine James grew up hearing everything from steel pan music to Metallica, jazz and electronica to drill and grime, and the results of this exposure can be heard on a rhythmically free flowing and sprawling album, with melodies evolving into rippling keys, feeling like a live jam with a jazz mentality, contrasting delicate with abrasive. Opener Glitch Bitch brandishes swirling textures with undulating keys and compressed percussion. So Scareds glitched percussion and syncopated dub bass builds to a frantic meltdown melody. London Ting // Dark As Fuck explores darker production with vocalist Le3 BLACKs verses over the skeletal track. Sensual reflects on intimacy with singer Theo capturing gentle love over ethereal keys and scattered glitches. The title track is also the most colourful, its ecstatic and effusive chaos driven by fervent synths expressing elation and joy, while My Future is a more reflective moment, where warping sy